interior design

Sugar Bowl snow house

Located in the Sugar Bowl Ski Resort, 2.5 hours northeast of San Francisco, this 5 bedroom ski cabin was designed for 3 generations to enjoy simultaneously. Designed by Mork-Ulnes Architects was to create an alpine chalet building and lift it onto a concrete plinth to protect it from the snow. Located at an elevation of 2,000 meters, the building...

DIMORESTUDIO Milan

Emiliano Salci and Britt Moran invested in their individual experience with the profession and study of Design, Art and Fashion, and founded DIMORESTUDIO in 2003. Since that moment, they have designed and carried out every project in a personal and recognizable way: objects created by historical design masters live together with reclaimed materials and other “bespoke” objects to create...

not so simple

A wooded bluff above the Cousins River estuary is the location for a high performance sustainable home in southern Maine US. Sited in a clearing, to take advantage of solar gain, the south facing windows illuminate the open floor plan and natural light is filtered through. This integration of performance and aesthetics is characteristic of the Cousins River Residence. The pine forest dominates the view from...

The Korman House

1973: A few months before his death, the architect Louis I. Kahn completed Steven and Toby Korman’s commission to design a six-bedroom house in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.

Kahn is renowned for creating some of the world’s great institutional and monumental structures, but throughout his career he thought and spoke about, designed and re-designed many different kinds of dwellings. In the end only nine of his private...

Metal and Leather and Wood – Prague

Formafatal recently completed an industrial chic studio apartment located in Prague. The 85 sqm apartment, with a lovely 50 sqm large terrace that offers striking views of the city, has been furnished with custom pieces designed by Dagmar Št?pánová, founder of Formafatal, combined with few iconic pieces of furniture, predominantly designed in the 50’s. Custom metal framework allows the small spaces...

A house for living in – Melbourne

Located in Melbourne Australia the client brief was,“A house for living in! Textured and warm with a touch of whimsy – but no stunts that will date..” With this in mind Bower Architects collaborated with the client to explore brief and site opportunities for a house that appears to reveal itself effortlessly, a series of spaces that feel meant...

Remodeled mid-century modern

Nestled on a secluded property in the Berkeley Hills of California, this mid-century modern house has been lovingly and sympathetically reimagined by YAMAMAR studio. The project has been tackled in stages with a master plan for the house and gardens. A minimalist intent plays out in the mid-century bones of the house which allows the owners art and photography...

Australian LOCAL design takes Milan 2016

A showcase of 12 leading Australian designers, was dramatically stylized with over 5000 bricks within the ex church now theatre ‘Teatro Arsenale’ within the new unique area of 5 Vie Milan. Curated by LOCAL DESIGN founder & stylist Emma Elizabeth & industrial designer Tom Fereday. Making this exhibition the largest independent Australian presence to date for Milan. All the designers & their products were selected upon...

tranquil inner Sydney

It's no secret, I love inner city Sydney and it's re-worked miners cottages and terraces, in fact I lived in and renovated a tiny 4 meter wide miner cottage which reminds me of this tranquil Surry Hills cottage. Benn + Penna recently refurbished and extended a tiny cottage in Surry Hills, located amongst a hub of off-beat galleries, design studios...

Eclecticism lives on!

This stunning pied-a-terre apartment in Madrid comes from the remarkable Spanish designer Isabel López-Quesada. Starting with a rundown space that had been deformed by a bad renovation, López-Quesada worked to breathe new life into the history home while at the same time giving it a unique personality.

Probably my favourite part of the project is what features and materials...